Wagon-brake



(No Model.)

C. P. QUAST'.

WAGON BRAKB.

No. 258.253. i Patented May 23, 1882.

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WITNESSES UNgiTEn STATEES PATENT rrrong GARSTEN F. QUAST, OF GREENFIELD, ILLINOIS.

WAGON-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters Patent No. 258353, dated May 23, 1882.

Application filed February 14, 1882.

being had to the acconpanying drawings,which i form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wagon equipped with my improved brake. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, on an eniarged scaie, of the brake-lever meehansm detached. Fig. 3 is a seetional view of the breke-lover.

In Fig.1 the wheels ot' the wagon have been shown partly broken away for the purpose of better iliustratingthe construction of the brake and'in the several figures corresponding parts are denoted by like letters of reference.

My invention relates to wagon-brakes; and it contempiates an improved Construction and arrangement of parts whereby the brake-lever may be shifted or interchanged from the bed to the run nin g-gear, and vice versa, so th at the brake mechanism maybe operated equaily well whether the wagon be used with or without the bed, as will be hereinafter'fuliy described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto anncxed, A represents the wagon-body'. B is a plate or casting Secured to the side of the same, and provided With an outwardly-projecting pin or stud, G, and having its rear end bent outward, so as to form a bracket, D, provided with a fiange, E.

F is thebrake-1ever, which is pivoted upon the pin G and provided near its fulcrun with a pivoted latch, G, 'consisting of a bell-crank lever, one arm of which,H, is curved, as shown, and provided with teeth or ratchets I, adapted to engage the hracket D of plate B. The other arm of the latch-lever G is connected by a suitable rod, J, with one arm ot' a bell-crank lever, K, pivoted near the upper end of brake-lever F. The other upward-extending arm, L, of lever K forms the handle by means of which the latch is manipulated. a

The brakelever F is provided upon its inner side with a finger, M, catchin g over asegmental guide-strip, N, secured to the side of the wagon- (No model.)

bed, th us formingasupport by which the brakelover is held in its proper position.

A rod, O, pivoted to the brake-lever a suitable distance above its fulcrun, eonnects it with the outer end of the lover P, which is pivoted to the rear axle, and the inner end of which is suitably connected to the breke-bar Q, which is equipped in the usual manner with brake-shoes R, adapted to bear against the hind wheels of the wagon. The breke-bar Q is adjusted in bails or brackets S, extending downwardly froni a cross-bar, T, Secured per manently to the reach of the wagon. To the outer end of the cross-barTis secured a piate or casting constructed substantially like the plate B, described above, and indicated by the sameletter of reference. It is provided with the outward projecting pin or stud G and flanged bracket D.

When in operation the brake-lever is thrown forward the toothed arm H of the latch Gr, by its own weight, engages the bracketD of plate B, the fiangeE serving to guide it and to hold it properly in place.

To release the brake, which is set by throwing the lever F forward, it is only necessary to press upon the upper arm or handle of belicrank lever K. This disengages the latch-lever Gr from the bracket D and causes the release of the brake.

W'hen the wagon is to be used without the bed or body the brake-lever F is removed from the side of the body and adjusted upon the pin C of plate B, secured upon the outer end of the cross bar or brace T. The eonnectingrod O is also detaehed and another shorter one of suitable length substituted. By this simpie change the breke is made capable of being operated from the running-gear in the same manner as has been described above.

Having thus described my invention,I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. In a wagon-breke, the plate or casting B, having pin or stud G and flanged bracket D, substan-tially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a wagon-brake, the combination, with the plate or casting B, having pin or stud O and fianged bracket D, of the brake-lever F, pivoted upon pin C, and having lever G, provided with a toothed arm, H, engaging brackct D, and mechanism for manipuiating said leto-hlever, as set forth.

I 3. In a wagon-breke, the eomhination of the plate B, having pin or stad C and flanged braeket D, the segmental guide-strip N, the brake-lever F, having finger M, and latchlever G, provided With a toothed arin, H, and meehztnism for manipulnting said lateh-lever, as set forth.

4. In'a wagon-breke, the cross bar or brace T, secured transversely upon the reach, and having doWnWard-projecting hails or b'ackets in which the breke-bar is supported, and means side of the wagon-bed and to the end of a erossbar, T, seeuredupon the reach, in combination with an interchangeahle breke-lover, suhstantialiy as and for the purpose set forth.

- G. In a Wagon-brake, a breke-level' interchangeable between the wagon-bed and the running-gear, both of which are provided with suitabiy eonstrueted and arranged means to engage and co-operate With the latch meehanism of said brake-lever, as and for the purpose shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

OARSTEN FRIEDRICII QUAST.

VVitnesses:

J. M. COOPER, D. O. WITMER. 

